A CDAMM reference-dictionary entry by Eileen Barker and Sarah Harvey, published 15 January 2021, on Children of God / The Family International's history, doctrine and organizational structure, stating the group has never been wealthy and describing its 2010 Reboot toward decentralized, largely non-communal membership.
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Tier 1: a signed reference-dictionary entry by Eileen Barker, the founder of INFORM and a leading scholar of new religious movements, and Sarah Harvey, published 15 January 2021 by CDAMM, an academic reference project, read directly. It states plainly that the group has never been wealthy as an organization, partly because it discouraged outside employment, and that even a modest pension for its aging membership was calculated to cost several million dollars a year that the group did not have, and it describes the group's 2010 Reboot restructuring toward decentralized, largely non-communal membership. Named academic authorship, dated, directly read. Citation
AuthorEileen Barker and Sarah Harvey
PublisherCDAMM (Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements)
Publication Year2021
URLhttps://www.cdamm.org/articles/children-of-god
Source Typeencyclopedia
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- New Religious Movements, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 open question, 1 general references.
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